Wire fence



(No Model.) `J BOWERS.

lWIRE: FENGB. No. 531,899. Y Patented Jail. 1, 1895.

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Parana? JACOB BOW'ERS, NEYV PARS, PENNSYLVANA.

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Y SPECIFICATION formngpart of Letters Paltennrio. 531,89?, dated VJanuary 1, i895. v

t Application leti August 6, 17894. Serial No 5191.599 (ND HIOEl-l l To @ZZ 'whom Iit may concern:v

running-Wires, and the principal objectof the operation of the supporting wire or stay, to'

invention is to provide a brace or stay-wire which will operate to prevent'the running- Wires from sagging interuiediatev of the posts;

A further object is to provide means forperxnitting the expansion and contraction of the wires, and for keepingthenrY taut notwith standing such variations in their lengths.'

Various other objects are contemplated, such as simplicity, durability and cheapness, and the full attainment ofl all will be appar entfrom the following specification.

In the drawings: Figure l represents a perspective view of a portion oa fence con-f st'ructed after the manner ofv myinvention; Fig. 2, an enlarged sectional view taken longitudnally With thefenca-and showing the gether with the tension-regnlating devices; Fig. 3, a view illustrative of a device for retaining the position ot the fence irrespective of irregularities in the surface of the ground.

I have shown `one end of a fenceconstructed after my invention, and have broken away the structure a short distance beyond said end, illustrating enough to show the construction'ot the fence. Therefore the numeral l indicates-one of the end posts ot the fence, which is planted in the ground as usual, and which is formed by preference of Wood. 2

indicates a brace, which I deem .advisable to provide for the post 1, and 3 a Water-shedding cap, all of which Vwill be readily understood.

Formed in the post l, andextendinghorizontally therein, and in longitudinal alignment with the line of the fence, are the openings 4, which are preferably two in number and which communicate with the side of the post opposite to the side adjacent to the fence. Cornmunicating Awith the openings 4, and axially coincident thereto, are the passages 5, which.

Owens, a citi-5 pass out totheoppo'site sideof, thepostl. ,Through these-'passages the bolts 6-respectthe openingsandtoperate to confine thevezrlA pansive springs therein:

Thearraugement of .thibolts Gis such th at atvno timer/,vill thehe-ads 7 project beyond the post The purpose of thisis to prevent any'unsightlyor inconvenient projection from the-side of the pcstadjacentto the opening et,

which projection would prevent the applica tion of a gate and be disadvantageous in many other respects. The threaded ends of the bolts 6 project inwardly' toward the fenc-v ing, and are respectively passed through the openings il in the-supplemental post l0.v Each of- 'the bolts is provided with a 'nut 11, "oy which they may be tightened, Aand by which the supplemental post 10 may be drawn. to

wardthe post l, or the springs 8 compressed,

which resultwill follow the tightening of the nuts 11- Whichfwillibe determined 'oy the tension ofthe wirescomposing the fen-ce. It theA Wires he taunthesprings will contract; but if the wires beslackfthepost will he causedv to inove up. l y

The snpplern entalpost lOy is arranged above f the surface ot the ground and is. supported by the "bolts 6.

12 indicatesthe running-wires, which are by I ive'ly,passl,`xvhile the 'heads .of the V'bolts' are enlarged to .form Vthejdislrs Lf, which fit within.

will be'seen. From the supplemental post" 10 -I the wires l2 extend to the intermediate posts 14, through the openings l5 of which they pass and proceed along the line of fencing, as will be understood. Located 'midway the posts 10 and 14 is the false post 1G, which is mounted upon the wires 12 as the slats 17, and which diers. therefrom only in its .size and consequent strength. This false post 16 is, of course, present throughout the entire extent of the tence and is arranged midway Y between the intermediate postslei.

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The intermediate posts le, and the supplemental post l0, are arrangedto project above a l t 531,899

the levellof the pickets 17 and above the main 'every opening in the yseveral pickets, but it be done,

will be understood that in practice this will sential.

Permanently and rigidly secured to the upper extremity of the supplemental post lO isy the stay wire or brace 20, which passes downwardly and inwardly therefrom and inter sects with the lines ofrthe running-wires at points directly adjacent to the severalI pickets 17, so that vit lwill be possible for the Wire 2O to pass through the adjacentopenings ofsaid pickets.` 'In this direction the. wire 2O continues until the lowerextremity of the false postvlG is reached, whereupon the wire is passed through the openingin said lower extremity, along with the lowery running-wire 12. From this point the wire-2O proceeds up.

the. inter'- Wardly to the upper extremity of p media-te post 14, through the opening 2l of which it passes` ywhile it is passed through the .v several openings in the pickets 17 Which are y the stay-wire adjacent to running-wires at the points where the Wire 2O intersects said running-wires.'

From the intermediate post 14; the wire20 proceeds downwardly and inwardly, as from the post 10', to Vthe adjacent false post, not

shown, and so on, as explained, throughout the length of the fence. -V

Itwill be observed that the operation of 20 results in a raising of the lfence between the intermediate posts and between the postslO andthe adjacent interme- -diate post, and in preventing the sagging of isuch portions of the fence andtheir engagement with the ground.

/ Owing to the passing of thejsvire 2O through I .the openings 18 of the pickets, the wire is made to pull uniformly upon the fence, and in the exact center thereof, thus preventing the fence from being twisted or wrenched to one side, as would be and as is the case. in

fence to retain the same relation to the ground Y notwithstanding irregularities in the surface thereof, and this consists in a post 22 planted in the ground at the lowest point of a depression and directly below one of the pickets .17. 23 indicates a staple, which is passed through or around the lower running wire and driven into the upper end of the post 22, thus holding thefence down in'thedepression iu the surface of the ground'.

It is obvious that my invention is subject to various changes in the size, proportion and arrangementotl its parts without departing from the spirit'and scope thereof.

It will be understood that the intermediate posts 14 are extended at equidistant points throughout the fence, though` I have shown but one inthe drawings. This will account for the use of the. plural number in describing such posts. l

Having thus described the invention, I claim A fence comprising two rigid posts,a series of running wires stretched from one post to the other, a'series of vertically-extending pickets threaded on the wires and arranged equidistant from each other, and a stay-wire secured to the upper extremity of each post andextend-ing downwardly from each post to the middle picket of the series between the two posts, and intersecting cach picket at one of the points of its intersection with the running wires, the stay wire being passed through 9 the adjacent opening of each picket and through the 'opening at the lower end of each middle picket, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JACOB BOVERS.A

Witnesses: I y

J No. P. REED, J. FRANK Raap. 

